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Operating System Support

Plan for Test Delivery

System 2019–2020

Published August 20, 2019

Prepared by the American Institutes for Research®

© American Institutes for Research ii

Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1

Support Plan for Operating Systems ....................................................................................... 2

© American Institutes for Research 1

Introduction A supported operating system is one for which American Institutes for Research (AIR) provides updates to the Secure Browser for that operating system. AIR actively tests the Secure Browser with supported operating systems to ensure compatibility and provides Secure Browser updates as needed when the supported operating systems are updated or as bugs in the Secure Browser are detected and fixed.

This document describes AIR’s plan for supporting operating systems during the upcoming test administration and following years. This plan helps districts and schools manage operating system deployments based on the support timelines.

Operating System Support Plan for Test Delivery System


Support Plan for Operating Systems Table 1 lists the operating systems and the anticipated end-of-support dates. The shaded cells in Table 1 indicate the following:

• Yellow shading—AIR ends support for operating systems after the 2019–2020 school year.

• Gray shading—AIR ends support for operating systems after the 2020–2021 school year.

Table 1. Supported Operating Systems

Supported Operating System

Release Date Anticipated End-of-Support Date

Notes

Windowsa

7 SP1 (Professional & Enterprise)

Oct. 2009 End of 2019-2020 School Year

AIR’s support for Windows operating systems ends ten school years after its release date. For the most part, this coincides with Microsoft’s official end-of-life policies for its operating systems.

8 (Professional & Enterprise)


8.1 (Professional & Enterprise)


10, 10 in S mode (Educational, Professional, & Enterprise (Versions 1507-1809, 1903b)

July 2015 End of 2024-2025 School Year

Server 2012 R2 Oct. 2013 End of 2022-2023 School Year

Server 2016 R2 Oct. 2016 End of 2025-2026 School Year





Notes

Maca

10.9 Oct. 2013 After official support for macOS 10.15 is announced.

As long as Apple continues to release new versions of Mac OS annually, AIR will support the six latest versions for any given school year. Support for Mac OS X 10.9 will end upon the release and testing of macOS 10.15.

10.10 Oct. 2014 End of 2020-2021 School Year

10.11 Sept. 2015 End of 2021-2022 School Year




10.15b Pending End of 2025-2026 School Year

Linuxa

Fedora 28 LTS (Gnome)

May 2018 End of 2019-2020 School Year

Official Fedora support typically ends one to two years after a release.

Fedora 29 LTS (Gnome)


Fedora 30 LTS (Gnome)b

April 2019 End of 2022-2023 School Year





Notes

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Gnome)


Ubuntu typically supports long term support (LTS) distributions for five years after a release. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

(Gnome) April 2018 End of 2022-

2023 School Year

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Gnome)b


iOS

11.4

12.2

iPadOSb

Sept. 2017; rolling AIR supports the three most recent major releases of iOS.

Supported iPads:

4th Generation (Retina Display)



iPad Air

iPad Air 2

iPad Pro

Android

7.1

8.1

Aug. 2016; rolling AIR supports the three most recent major releases of Android.

Supported tablets:

ASUS ZenPad S3 10

ASUS ZenPad Z10

Lenovo Tab 4 10

Lenovo Tab E10

Lenovo Tab M10

Lenovo Tab P10

Samsung Galaxy Tab S3

Samsung Galaxy Tab S4





Notes

Chrome OSc

75+ June 2019; rolling For any given school year AIR will support the latest version of Chrome OS available during the summer months and all subsequent versions until the following summer. For example; if Chrome 75 is released in July, it and all versions of Chrome after it will be supported until July of the following year.

Google releases new versions of Chrome OS every six weeks. Support may require updating the Chrome kiosk application.

a If Microsoft or Apple ends support for an operating system sooner than six years after its release, then AIR will stop supporting that system one full school year after support ends.

b For Linux distributions, AIR will end support at the end of a full school year after the official distributor’s announced end-of-life support date.

c Support for this version is anticipated upon the completion of testing following its release.

d AIR will support any device that Google actively supports for auto-update. AIR will not support any device that Google does not support for auto-update. Information on Google's auto-update policy, including currently supported devices, can be found at https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366.

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366

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